>Hello: > >The following message I found very inspiring and worth sharing! > > >A well-known speaker started off his seminar by holding up a $20.00 bill. In >the room of 200, he asked, Who would like this $20 bill? Hands started going >up. He said, I am going to give this $20 to one of you but first, let me do >this. He proceeded to crumple the $20 dollar bill up. He then asked, Who >still wants it? Still the hands were up in the air. > >Well, he replied, What if I do this. And he dropped it on the ground and >started to grind it into the floor with his shoe. He picked it up, now >crumpled, and dirty. Now who still wants it? Still the hands went into the >air. > >My friends, we have all learned a very valuable lesson. No matter what I did >to the money, you still wanted it because it did not decrease in value. It >was still worth $20. Many times in our lives, we are dropped, crumpled, and >ground into the dirt by the decisions we make and the circumstances that come >our way. We feel as though we are worthless. But no matter what has >happened or what will happen, you will never lose your value. > >Dirty or clean, crumpled or finely creased, you are still priceless to those >who love you. The worth of our lives comes not in what we do or whom we >know, but by WHO WE ARE. > >You are special - Don't EVER forget it. If you do not pass this on, you may >never know the lives it touches, the hurting hearts it speaks to, or the >hope that it can bring. Count your blessings, not your problems. Never be >afraid to try something new. > > >And remember... >Amateurs built the ark. Professionals built the Titanic. > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop!

I am so sorry for sending this to the list. A slip of my old fingers. Kathy in CA. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kathy Edwards" <katlou5@earthlink.net> To: <OKMUSKOG-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 5:02 PM Subject: [OKMUSKOG] Fw: Good thought for the day! > > > >Hello: > > > >The following message I found very inspiring and worth sharing! > > > > > >A well-known speaker started off his seminar by holding up a $20.00 bill. In > >the room of 200, he asked, Who would like this $20 bill? Hands started going > >up. He said, I am going to give this $20 to one of you but first, let me do > >this. He proceeded to crumple the $20 dollar bill up. He then asked, Who > >still wants it? Still the hands were up in the air. > > > >Well, he replied, What if I do this. And he dropped it on the ground and > >started to grind it into the floor with his shoe. He picked it up, now > >crumpled, and dirty. Now who still wants it? Still the hands went into the > >air. > > > >My friends, we have all learned a very valuable lesson. No matter what I did > >to the money, you still wanted it because it did not decrease in value. It > >was still worth $20. Many times in our lives, we are dropped, crumpled, and > >ground into the dirt by the decisions we make and the circumstances that come > >our way. We feel as though we are worthless. But no matter what has > >happened or what will happen, you will never lose your value. > > > >Dirty or clean, crumpled or finely creased, you are still priceless to those > >who love you. The worth of our lives comes not in what we do or whom we > >know, but by WHO WE ARE. > > > >You are special - Don't EVER forget it. If you do not pass this on, you may > >never know the lives it touches, the hurting hearts it speaks to, or the > >hope that it can bring. Count your blessings, not your problems. Never be > >afraid to try something new. > > > > > >And remember... > >Amateurs built the ark. Professionals built the Titanic. > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! > > > ==== OKMUSKOG Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political > announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, > etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. > Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett kathleenburnett@earthlink.net > Oklahoma Cemeteries Volunteer Website http://www.rootsweb.com/~okcemete/okcem.htm > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >